Personal Info
Birth date
1953-12-01 (71 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Paris, France
Also known as
Paul Persavon
Antoine de Caunes
Biography
Antoine de Caunes (born 1 December 1953) is a French television presenter, actor, writer and film director. He is the son of two prominent French personalities, television journalist-reporter Georges de Caunes and television announcer Jacqueline Joubert. He is the father of the actress Emma de Caunes. He began his career writing theme songs for cartoons for Antenne 2 under the pseudonym of Paul Persavon, including Cobra and Space Sheriff Gavan (known in France as X-Or). His early TV appearances included Chorus (1975), the series Les Enfants du rock, again for A2, and then his breakthrough with Nulle part ailleurs for Canal+. De Caunes came to fame in the English-speaking world on the BBC2 television series Rapido, notable for his catchphrase, in the thickest of French accents, "Rap, Rap, Rap, Rapiiiidoo". He then went on to create the long-running adult entertainment programme Eurotrash with Jean-Paul Gaultier for Channel 4. He also presented a short-lived chat show on Channel 4 called Le Show. In addition he appeared in an advertising campaign for Rowntree's Fruit Pastilles ice lollies. From 2013 until 2015, he hosted the daily evening show Le Grand Journal on Canal+. He provided voices in the Aardman Animation TV show Rex the Runt. He is a long-time AIDS awareness campaigner, fronting the organisation Solidarité sida (AIDS Solidarity). Source: Article "Antoine de Caunes" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
Bref
8.083
Overview:
A lost thirty-something shares his struggles, from failed relationships to boring jobs and pointless nights out. Stuck in his routine at first, he slowly evolves, searching for meaning in his life. In short, he's just trying to live.So Graham Norton
6.3
Overview:
So Graham Norton was a British television programme, hosted by Irish personality Graham Norton. It ran from 3 July 1998 to 1 March 2002.C à vous
6
Overview:
Every day live on FRANCE 5, Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine and her team receive those who make the news. In the second part, the program welcomes, around a meal prepared by a qualified chef, artists in promotion.Eurotrash
6.7
Overview:
The likes of Antoine de Caunes, Jean Paul Gaultier, Davina McCall, and Lolo Ferrari are your guides to the weird and wonderful in Europe and beyond. How else would you learn about pubic hairdressers, the Penis Olympics, or the latest Japanese sex toys?As An Aside
6.5
Overview:
The guest of the day is received on a set, located in an apartment without an audience, and guided simply by the sound of the host's voice.True Story with
5.6
Overview:
A six-part series with YouTube stars Natoo, Cyprien, Norman, Ludovik, Mcfly & Carlito, meeting with French celebrity guests such as Jonathan Cohen, Antoine de Caunes and Julie Gayet.Rex the Runt
7
Overview:
Rex the Runt is an animated claymation television show produced by Aardman Animations for BBC Bristol in association with EVA Entertainment and Egmont Imagination. Its main characters are four plasticine dogs: Rex, Wendy, Bad Bob and Vince. The series began with a short, Ident, in 1989 directed by Richard Goleszowski. After a long gestation period this developed into two unaired shorts and then thirteen ten-minute episodes that first aired over two weeks on BBC2 from December 1998. A second thirteen episode series aired from September 2001 on the same channel. As well as the core cast guest voices included Paul Merton, Morwenna Banks, Judith Chalmers, Antoine de Caunes, Bob Holness, Bob Monkhouse, Jonathan Ross, Graham Norton, Arthur Smith, June Whitfield, Kathy Burke, Pam Ayres and Eddie Izzard.Kaamelott
8.4
Overview:
In this off beat account of King Arthur's quest for the Grail, virtually every journey, battle or adventure is stopped dead in its tracks by the knights of the round table's most worldly traits : cowardice, greed, idiocy or misplaced chivalry. As a consequence, instead of epic adventures we are treated with the characters' pragmatic and anachronistic take on each and every event in the Grail legend, true to the purest sitcom tradition.The New Adventures of Lucky Luke
7.3
Overview:
The cowboy who draws a gun faster than his shadow is back! Lucky Luke, the famous wandering cowboy fights crime and injustice, most often in the form of the bumbling Dalton brothers. He rides Jolly Jumper, "the smartest horse in the world" and is often accompanied by Rantanplan, "the stupidest dog in the universe".L'affaire Swagg Man : Hip-hop, influence et bitcoin
7
Overview:
The Swagg Man case has sparked a buzz over the Internet. With paradise villas in Miami, luxury trips all over the world, shiny gold chains, and purple Euro notes galore, the rapper has been flaunting his success since 2009. But ten years later, the dream has lost some of its magic. As Swagg Man gets prosecuted for money laundering, he claims his innocence opposite former followers accusing him of swindling them.Mr. Bean's Holiday
6.362
Overview:
Mr. Bean wins a trip to Cannes where he unwittingly separates a young boy from his father and must help the two reunite. On the way he discovers France, bicycling and true love, among other things.Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the English?
8
Overview:
Comedian Al Murray travels to some of England's nearest neighbours to explore some of their gripes with the English, with the help of a comedian from each nation he visits.Lucky Luke
5.7
Overview:
Lucky Luke is the sheriff of a merry and unruly frontier settlement. Jolly Jumper is not only Lucky’s trusty horse, but also the brains of Daisy Town. The four Dalton Brothers are the sworn enemies of Lucky Luke, who is constantly trying to thwart their devilish plans and their spectacularly clumsy escapes from the Daisy Town Jail. This fractious band finds itself caught up in a series of misadventures, crossing paths with hordes of wacky friends and fiendish enemies.Acting
TBAUntitled de caunes Documentary as Self
2025Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I) as Unknown
2025Nombril as Unknown
2025L'affaire Swagg Man : Hip-hop, influence et bitcoin (3 Episodes) as Self
2025En route pour le SNL as Self - Guest
2025On the Road to SNL (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
202440 as Self
2024Bruuuuuce By Antoine as Self - Host
2024Décrypté (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2024La Génération des Enfants du rock as Self (voice)
2023L'Olympia, du rêve à la scène as Self
2023Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma (31 Episodes) as Self - Host
2023Uderzo, sur le divan d'Astérix as Self - Host
2023Cannes (24 Episodes) as Self - Host
2022Mostra, Venise (15 Episodes) as Self - Host
2022Tell Me Iggy as Self
2022Hot Ones (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2022Neuf mecs - Le film as Gustave
2022Neuf Mecs (9 Episodes) as Gustave
2022César Awards, de Caunes Era as Self - Archive
2021Kaamelott: The First Chapter as Dagonet
2021Canal+ Replay as Mr. Replay / Les Deschiens / La Minute Blond / Bref / Plateaux
2020True Story with (1 Episode) as Self
2018Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic as Self
2018Bonsoir ! (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2018Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the English? (1 Episode) as Self
2018La télé des années 80 - Les 10 ans qui ont tout changé as Self
2018La Télé des années 80 : Les Dix Ans qui ont tout changé (2 Episodes) as Self
2017Crac Crac (2 Episodes) as Self
2017La Gaule d'Antoine (40 Episodes) as Self
2017Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run as Self
2016The Jews as Antoine de Caunes
2016L'émission d'Antoine (1 Episode) as Self - Host
2014CANAL+'s 30th anniversary as Self
2013Maboul de Séoul as Self - Host
2013Dangereuses retrouvailles as Paul Aubras
2013L'Homme à la tête de kraft as Antoine
2013Le Débarquement (1 Episode) as Unknown
2012En tatanes à Manhattan as Self - Host
2012Cinderella: Once Upon a Time in the West as Le Prince (voice)
2011Baba de Barcelone as Self
2011Bref (1 Episode) as Antoine de Caunes
2010Toqué de Tokyo as Self - Host
2010Chorus : La première émission Rock d'Antoine de Caunes as Self - Host
2010Mumu as Le Colonel
2009He's My Girl as Simon Eskenazy
2009En Berline à Berlin as Self - Host
2009C à vous (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
200848 Hours a Day as Bruno Tellier
2008Can You Keep a Secret? as Julien
2007Off Prime (1 Episode) as Unknown
2007Mr. Bean's Holiday as Anchorman
2006Salut les Terriens ! (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2006On n'est pas couché (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2006A Perfect Friend as julien rossi
2005De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de Nulle part ailleurs 2 ... suite et fin ! as Various characters
2005The Dark Side of Porn: Death of a Porn Star as Self
2005Kaamelott (458 Episodes) as Dagonet
2004De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs as Various (archive footage)
2004Les amants du bagne as Albert Londres
2003The Car Keys as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
2002Blanche as Le capitaine KKK
2002A Day in the Life of French Cinema as Self
2001Eurotrash Unzipped as Self - Presenter
2001The New Adventures of Lucky Luke (52 Episodes) as Lucky Luke (voice)
2001Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle as Narrateur
2001As An Aside (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2000Return to Algiers as Pierre Nivel
1999Chili con carne as Claude
1999The Color of Lies as Germain-Roland Desmot
1998Rex the Runt (2, 1 Episode) as Stinky Basil (voice), Euro MP (voice)
1998Vivement dimanche (4 Episodes) as Self
1998So Graham Norton (1 Episode) as Self
1998A Song for Eurotrash as Self - Presenter
1998Man Is a Woman as Simon Eskenazy
1998Bob le magnifique as François Morin / Bob St Clar
1997The Gods Must Be Daring as Alex
1997For a Good Cause as Daniel
1996Two Dads and One Mom as Jérôme
1995Never Twice as Unknown
1993Eurotrash (25 Episodes) as Self - Presenter
1992Lucky Luke as Unknown
1991Amnesty International's Big 30 as Self
1989Pentimento as Unknown
1987Téléthon (1 Episode) as Self
1987Sacrée soirée (2 Episodes) as Self
1987Nulle part ailleurs (215 Episodes) as Self - Co-Host
1982Champs-Elysées (5 Episodes) as Self
1982Les Enfants Du Rock (7 Episodes) as Unknown
1980The Ruts: Live from Le Théâtre de l'Empire, Paris as Self - Presenter
1976Cérémonie des César (4 Episodes) as Unknown
Writing
2023Cannes (24 Episodes) ... Writer
2022Mostra, Venise (1 Episode) ... Writer
2008Coluche ... Writer
2006Twice Upon a Time ... Screenplay
Crew
2022Tell Me Iggy ... Thanks
Directing
2012Yann Piat: A Chronicle of Murder ... Director
2008Coluche ... Director
2008Frank Zappa - Live in Paris 1980 ... Director
2006Twice Upon a Time ... Director
2003Monsieur N. ... Director
2001Love Bites ... Director